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Intemperance is the abuse of it, and against such abuse there are abundant protests and warnings in the scriptures. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wine is mentioned with corn and oil, among the GOOD GIFTS wherewith Jah would BLESS His earthly people  (Gen. 27:28, 37; Deu. 7:13; Psa. 104:15). It was daily offered in the temple as a drink offering (Num. 28:7). </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>    There were many excellent vineyards in Canaan, and wine was made for common use. Water was scanty especially at some seasons, and likely to be infected. Wine and milk was therefore the common beverage. The use of wine was forbidden to the priests during all the time they were in the tabernacle, and employed in the service of the altar (Lev. 10:9).  This liquor was also forbidden to the Nazarites (Num. 6:3).</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wine was created by Jahoshuwah the Messijah in His first recorded miracle (John 2:3-11). He was blasphemously spoken of as a wine-bibber; and He said at the last Passover, “I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's (Abba's) kingdom (Matt. 26:29). He also instituted wine as a new symbol to the Passover - Compare John 2:3-4 with Matthew 26:28. IF ANY ONE SHOULD PRESUMPTUOUSLY FORSAKE THE PASSOVER WINE THEY SHALL REMAIN IN THEIR SINS. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> Paul recommended Timothy to take a little wine for his often infirmities; and a bishop must not be given to much wine (1 Tim. 5:23; 3:3, 8). There is therefore adequate evidence that wine is regarded as a beneficent gift of Jah, of which man may make a moderate use. If, however, a man has no power over his appetite, doubtless he had better abstain from wine, except for an ounce once a year for the Passover. Drunkards shall not inherit the kingdom of Jah (1 Cor. 6:10).</B></div> <bR> <div> Written by the Elder and Founder of the Zion Assembly of Jah, David Wray </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>ISSN - 1492-6865 </B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>